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DESCRIPTION:SQL Lunch #10 - Essential DBA Skills: Introduction to Graphical
Execution Plans\n\nSpeaker: Brad M. McGehee\n\nTopic: Essential DBA Ski
lls: Introduction to Graphical Execution Plans\n\nMeeting URL: JOIN MEETI
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\n\nDescription:\nOne of the black arts of being a DBA is learning how to
read and interpret graphical execution plans. This is an important skill\,
as knowing how to read and interpret graphical execution plans can help t
he DBA tune queries for optimal performance. Without this crucial knowledg
e\, the DBA won’t be able identify potential query problems\, nor unders
tand how to fix them.\n\nIn this short\, introductory level session\, whic
h is designed for DBAs with little or no knowledge of query execution plan
s\, you will learn why execution plans are important\, how they are create
d\, learn about the different execution plan formats\, discover different
ways to produce them\, find out about the difference between estimated and
actual execution plans\, and learn the basics of how to read them. Becau
se this is an introductory session\, after attending\, I highly recommend
you download this free eBook to learn more about execution plans: “SQL S
erver Execution Plans” by Grant Fritchey. http://www.sqlservercentral.co
m/articles/books/65831/ \n\nThis session assumes attendees have a basic fo
undation of DBA knowledge. After attending the session\, attendees will be
able to immediately put what they have learned into practice.\n\nSpeaker
BIO:\nBrad M. McGehee (www.bradmcgehee.com) is a MCSE+I\, MCSD\, and MCT (
former) with a Bachelors’ degree in Economics and a Masters in Business
Administration. Currently the Director of DBA Education for Red Gate Softw
are\, Brad is an accomplished Microsoft SQL Server MVP with over 15 years
’ SQL Server experience\, over 6 years’ training experience\, and has
been involved in the industry since 1982.\n\nBrad is a frequent speaker at
SQL PASS\, European PASS\, SQL Connections\, SQLTeach\, devLINK\, SQLBits
\, SQL Saturdays\, TechFests\, Code Camps\, SQL Server user groups\, and o
ther industry seminars\, where he shares his 15 years’ cumulative knowle
dge.\n\nIn 2009\, Brad made 33 public presentations to a total of 1\,853 a
ttendees\, in six different countries.\n\nA well-respected and trusted nam
e in SQL Server literature\, Brad is the author or co-author of more than
15 technical books and over 100 published articles. His most recent books
include “How to Become an Exceptional DBA (2nd Edition)”\, “Brad's S
ure Guide to SQL Server 2008: The Top Ten New Features for DBAs”\, “Ma
stering SQL Server Profiler”\, and “Brad’s Sure Guide to Database Ma
intenance Plans”. These eBooks are available free in PDF format at: http
://www.sqlservercentral.com/Books/. \n\n
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SUMMARY;LANGUAGE=en-us:SQL Lunch #60 - Let's Talk about SQL Powershell (Max
Trinidad)
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How to improve your SQ
L PowerShell usage\, Talk about PowerShell user profile up’s and down’
s\, Live SQLPS and SMO scripting\, and look at some SAPIEN’s PowerShell
tools

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peaker BIO:

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Max Trinidad is a native of Puerto Rico and has been worki
ng with computers since 1979. He has worked with Dbase III/IV\, Clipper\,
RPG\, OS/400\, OCL/JCL/CL\, HTLM and most current MS development technolog
ies. Work for many years as a Senior IT/Developer has provided support for
Windows Servers 2003/2008\, SQL Servers Applications\, Microsoft Virtuali
zation Technologies\, and IBM iSeries building Visual Studio solutions. In
2009 and 2010 got his Microsoft MVP award in Powershell.